Applied Statistical Decision TheoryDivision of Research, Graduate School of Business Adminitration, Harvard University, 1961 - Business & Economics - 356 pages "In the field of statistical decision theory, Raiffa and Schlaifer have sought to develop new analytic techniques by which the modern theory of utility and subjective probability can actually be applied to the economic analysis of typical sampling problems." --From the foreword to their classic work "Applied Statistical Decision Theory," First published in the 1960s through Harvard University and MIT Press, the book is now offered in a new paperback edition from Wiley |
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Page 123
... cost of an optimal sample increase with the seriousness of a wrong decision as measured by ko , and with the cost k , of a sample observation ; with o , fixed , they decrease with the " decisiveness " of the prior distribution as ...
... cost of an optimal sample increase with the seriousness of a wrong decision as measured by ko , and with the cost k , of a sample observation ; with o , fixed , they decrease with the " decisiveness " of the prior distribution as ...
Page 132
... costs 3.90 guilders . A rejected lot is screened at a cost of .079 guilders per piece ; sampling inspection costs this same amount per piece . The sampling cost is c * ( en ) = k ̧n , ks = .079 ; the terminal costs ( treated as if they ...
... costs 3.90 guilders . A rejected lot is screened at a cost of .079 guilders per piece ; sampling inspection costs this same amount per piece . The sampling cost is c * ( en ) = k ̧n , ks = .079 ; the terminal costs ( treated as if they ...
Page 135
... cost of a single sample observation and therefore the largest sample which need be considered is n = 2. Since the ... cost of testing one sheet is essentially the cost of manufacturing the sheet , since the labor involved in the ...
... cost of a single sample observation and therefore the largest sample which need be considered is n = 2. Since the ... cost of testing one sheet is essentially the cost of manufacturing the sheet , since the labor involved in the ...
Contents
The Problem and the Two Basic Modes of Analysis | 3 |
Univariate Normalized Mass and Density Functions | 7 |
Combination of Formal and Informal Analysis | 17 |
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a₁ a₂ approximation assign assumption Bernoulli process beta function binomial choose compute conditional measure conjugate Conjugate prior cost cumulative function data-generating process decision maker decision problem decision tree defined definition denote estimate evaluated EVPI EVSI example expected terminal opportunity expected utility expected value experiment experimental outcome extensive form Ezle Figure follows gamma gamma-2 given h is known h is unknown k₁ k₂ kernel li(a li(e li(eo likelihood linear marginal measure mass function n₁ normalized density function observations obtain optimal act optimal sample parameter perfect information Poisson possible posterior density posterior distribution preposterior analysis prior density prior distribution prior expected probability quantity random variable sample information Section stopping process Substituting sufficient statistic Table terminal act terminal analysis terminal opportunity loss terminal utility theorem tion u₁ utility characteristic value of perfect vector vi(e